f32383	Eastern Province B v Natal B
	President's Cup 1978/79
Venue	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 30th December 1978, 1st, 2nd January 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Eastern Province B won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Eastern Province B 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3); Natal B 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3)
Umpires	PR Hurwitz, AA Matthews
Close of play day 1	Eastern Province B (1) 11/0 (Russell 6*, Reid 3*; 5 overs)
Close of play day 2	Natal B (2) 65/3 (Whitfield 29*, Orchard 20*; 18 overs)

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Natal B first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MD Mellor	c Desfountain b Cowley	14		55	-	-
+FB Hill	lbw b Cowley	35		110	4	-
BJ Whitfield	lbw b van Vuuren	99		327	9	1
*DR Turner	c Karg b Alers	19		55	1	-
DL Orchard	c Karg b Elliott	55		89	7	1
DJ Morgan	b Desfountain	33		43	6	-
IR Tayfield	b van Vuuren	19		61	1	-
PH Williams	b van Vuuren	7		16	1	-
JS Muil	not out	1		10	-	-
MCN Springer	c McCleland b van Vuuren	5		7	1	-
HM Reece-Edwards	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 15 nb)	27
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 392 minutes, 101.1 overs)	314
Fall of wickets:
1-31 (Mellor), 2-67 (Hill), 3-105 (Turner), 4-188 (Orchard), 5-239 (Morgan), 6-290 (Tayfield), 7-308 (Williams), 8-309 (Whitfield), 9-314 (Springer, 101.1 ov)

Eastern Province B bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
van Vuuren	16.1	1	50	4	-	1
Alers	18	3	44	1	-	-
Cowley	17	3	51	2	-	14
Elliott	16	1	55	1	-	-
Desfountain	23	7	55	1	-	-
Fraser	11	3	32	0	-	-

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Eastern Province B first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RC Russell	c Orchard b Muil	63		183	9	1
KP Reid	c and b Springer	7		37	1	-
GCG Fraser	b Muil	41		107	5	-
JM Winstanley	c Turner b Muil	31		97	3	-
*GS Cowley	c Turner b Muil	0		1	-	-
MK van Vuuren	lbw b Springer	43		51	4	2
RL McCleland	c Reece-Edwards b Tayfield	1		35	-	-
+TG Karg	c Hill b Morgan	58		73	10	2
D Elliott	c Hill b Morgan	10		57	1	1
BD Desfountain	b Morgan	10		20	1	-
DGW Alers	not out	2		12	-	-
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 335 minutes, 114.1 overs)	275
Fall of wickets:
1-17 (Reid), 2-107 (Fraser), 3-128 (Russell), 4-128 (Cowley), 5-187 (van Vuuren), 6-191 (Winstanley), 7-211 (McCleland), 8-253 (Karg), 9-262 (Elliott), 10-275 (Desfountain, 114.1 ov)

Natal B bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Springer	18	5	73	2	-	-
Reece-Edwards	6	2	12	0	-	3
Morgan	8.1	2	32	3	-	-
Tayfield	25	10	64	1	-	-
Muil	43	19	63	4	-	-
Williams	14	4	22	0	-	-

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Natal B second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MD Mellor	lbw b van Vuuren	0		2	-	-
+FB Hill	c Karg b Alers	3		17	-	-
BJ Whitfield	not out	29		74	4	-
*DR Turner	lbw b van Vuuren	5		20	-	-
DL Orchard	not out	20		38	1	-
DJ Morgan	did not bat
IR Tayfield	did not bat
PH Williams	did not bat
JS Muil	did not bat
MCN Springer	did not bat
HM Reece-Edwards	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(3 wickets, 77 minutes, 18 overs)	65
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Mellor), 2-9 (Hill), 3-27 (Turner)

Eastern Province B bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
van Vuuren	7	1	24	2	-	2
Alers	6	1	16	1	-	-
Elliott	3	1	5	0	-	-
Reid	2	0	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> HM Reece-Edwards made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RC Russell made his debut in First-Class matches
--> HM Reece-Edwards made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RC Russell made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RL McCleland made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> BD Desfountain made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> MD Mellor (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in First-Class matches
--> BJ Whitfield (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in First-Class matches
--> BJ Whitfield (1) 50 in 216 minutes with 4 fours
--> DL Orchard (1) 50 in 80 minutes with 6 fours and 1 six
--> RC Russell (1) 50 in 125 minutes with 8 fours and 1 six
--> MK van Vuuren (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in First-Class matches
--> TG Karg (1) 50 in 69 minutes with 8 fours and 2 sixes
--> DL Orchard (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> MK van Vuuren achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed MCN Springer in the Natal B first innings (previous best was 3-65)
--> IR Tayfield reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed RL McCleland, his 1st wicket in the Eastern Province B first innings

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